Where Stoddart and Connolly suffered in the infamous Bug Pit.

This "tower of death" has acted as an observatory, a religious hub, and an executioner's lair.

18m long sarcophagus of a constantly growing dead prophet.

Light still pours into the ruins of this ancient Islamic observatory.

Where the father of Persian poetry is laid to rest.

The Avenue of Mausolea is a series of grand palatial tombs.

The heartbeat of modern Uzbekistan’s thriving market culture.

Touching displays of wishes for peace from the Cold War era.

Looking for a unifying history, Uzbekistan finds its answer in a 14th Century Turco-Mongol conqueror... despite the fact he wasn't Uzbek.

The world's second-tallest flagpole stands proud despite dropping rank.

A building facade covered with the statues of 11 giants of Tajik literature.

Roman ruins top white travertine terraces formed by ancient hot springs.

A creepy, deserted mock Arabian village can be found in the middle of the Qatari desert.

A Spanish-style estate that has traded black ties for rock concerts.

These tombs were built into the side of a mountain so that ancient angels could reach the dead.

More than 20,000 salt and pepper shakers from across the globe call this museum home.

The most visited pilgrimage site in Armenia once held a saint in a pit for 13 years.

An ancient fortified mound raised over the millennia from settlements built one on top of the other.

The surviving pieces of an ancient aqueduct that may have fed into the lost Hanging Gardens of Babylon.

A creative deviation in this post office's design was once a source of controversy.

This beautiful arched gate is all that remains of the fortress the ancient mountaintop town of Amadiya once was.

A stairway to heaven, or to nowhere at all.

This massive statue is the personification of Bavaria and the first colossal statue of the modern period composed of bronze.

Go surfing on this urban wave, "hacked" by local surfers.